Steamboat Gerda

Steamboat Gerda
from Eskilstuna

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Steamboat Gerda
Built in 1865 at Lindholmens Varv, Gothenburg
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
SFC-4960 13.55 3.10 1.00     12  
Fire tube steam boiler with one furnace. 8 bar.
Single cylinder steam engine with Stephenson's link-motion. 180 rpm

Steamboat Gerda moored
Steamboat Gerda waiting for next voyage.

 

The engine aboard Steamboat Gerda

Steamboat Gerda steam boiler
The steamboat Gerda's steam boiler.

 

Steamboat Gerda single cylinder steam engine
The steamboats single cylinder steam engine aboard Steamboat Gerda.